Cloud and Roy spent the rest of the day in their room, studying the theory for some of their classes in order to be well prepared for their classes the next day. They were also staying in their room and not going out because the other infantrymen had already practically attacked them to try and get information of their mission.

To say the least, it had been a terrifying experience – for Cloud, ahem – and they had decided it would be best not to go out of their room again for the rest of the day, just to be safe.

But after a while it got boring, and at times awkward when Cloud would glance over with a look on his face that plainly said he was thinking about his friends relationship with Davis. Roy was annoyed that Cloud hadn't just forgotten about it all after the mission, but he supposed he (and Davis) would just have to deal with the consequences – whatever happened.

Despite their hiding of that day, however, the next day they had to go back to classes like normal and everyone was still dying to talk to them. Plus, they were without Davis and Rex to protect them.

"Hey, hey, hey!" one of the other infantryman called out, running over to them. His name was Jinx and he had a bright green Mohawk. Obviously he intimidated Cloud a bit as he approached because the blond backed up.

"Did you want something?" Roy asked, inconspicuously stepping slightly in front of Cloud.

"How'd your mission go? What did you have to do? Was it awesome or was it as crap as everyone else says it was? Apparently being a Turk is sounding much more exciting right now." Jinx explained. Wow, he sure did say a lot.

"How on earth has anyone heard about how it's gone? We haven't said anything." Roy said defensively.

"Apparently someone got all the information from another SOLDIER yesterday because they had to work with one." Jinx shrugged. "But was it awesome or not?"

"Um, we... had a face-off with Wutai soldiers and were almost killed." Roy said, quickly doing his best to make it sound much more dangerous than it had been. He moved over a bit more to hide Cloud completely from Jinx, as he was positive the blond would be frowning in an obvious way.

"Are you serious? That's awesome!" Jinx grinned. "Did you get to shoot them?"

"No, it totally sucked! Sephiroth wouldn't let us do anything and just shoved us back before taking them out himself. We were doing fine!" Roy lied.

"Roy..." Cloud said quietly.

"You're right Cloud, we need to get to class. We'll talk to you later, Jinx!" Roy grinned, grabbed Cloud's arm and then hurriedly escaped.

"Why did you lie?" Cloud asked once they were out of ear shot.

"I don't want everyone knowing we spent our time guarding a wall." Roy replied with a roll of his eyes. "Besides, this way when Davis and Rex get back we'll have a story which actually might stand beside theirs."

Cloud sighed and didn't say anything else, for which Roy was grateful. He didn't need Cloud getting upset with him for this now.

When Davis and Rex got back that night, Roy could not have been happier. He practically bounced over to them, a huge grin plastered to his face as he stood in front of them, successfully keeping them stuck in the doorway to their room.

"You're back!" Roy exclaimed.

"You will never believe what we have to tell you-" Rex began, but stopped abruptly when Roy hugged Davis suddenly.

"Um, Roy?" Davis squeaked. "Now isn't the best time..."

"So you are going out!" Rex accused.

"No!" Roy said, suddenly pushing back and staring wide-eyed at Rex. "What gave you that idea? Can't I hug my friend? Or maybe... you're jealous!" Roy laughed evilly and hugged Rex as well then, refusing to let go until Rex finally managed to push him off.

"You need help." Rex sighed, walking over to his bed and dropping his stuff.

"Do not!" Roy protested.

"Do too." Davis agreed, entering the room and also going over to his bed.

"Why were you so thrilled to see us anyway?" Rex asked as he sat down and pulled his boots off, shoving them under his bed.

"You have no idea how crazy it's been." Roy said, shaking his head. "Cloud, tell them how crazy it's been."

Cloud looked up from where he had been quietly sitting on his bed and blinked innocently. "Uh, not very."

"It's been incredibly crazy!" Roy said, flinging his hands up. "Everyone wanted to know how our mission went and wouldn't leave us alone until we told them. Then they still wouldn't leave us alone because apparently we hadn't given them all the details. But now you're back they'll leave us alone and attack you!"

"Good! 'Cause I can't wait to tell everyone that I flirted with a Turk." Rex grinned.

"Would you shut up?" Davis asked, before turning to Roy with an exasperated expression. "He hasn't shut up about her since he first set eyes on her and realised she was coming with us. But he refuses to listen to me when I tell him she's taken."

"Who by? I highly doubt Turks and SOLDIERs would be allowed to go out." Rex scoffed.

"Well then, there's no hope for you, is there?" Roy teased.

"You really think I'll make it to SOLDIER?" Rex asked suddenly, pausing in what he was doing to look up at his friend.

"Of course!" Roy said with a slight frown.

Rex was quiet for a moment then and just continued dealing with his stuff, so there was a brief awkward silence in the room.

"How was your mission then? What did you do other than stare at a girl?" Roy asked finally.

"We got to fight some monsters, but it really wasn't that interesting. You guys probably had way more fun than we did." Davis shrugged.

"They so did not." Rex chuckled to himself.

"What was that?" Roy asked, stepping towards him.

"I said you did not have more fun than us." Rex repeated, looking up at Roy and smirking. "Our mission was way better."

"How do you know? We haven't even told you ours yet!" Roy folded his arms.

"You don't have to," Rex said, standing up and moving to shut the door before turning back to them. "I overheard Genesis Rhapsodos talking on the phone to Sephiroth and he said you were just guarding a wall."

If crickets had started chirping right then, they wouldn't have been out of place.

"Well, that's not all of it!" Roy said quickly, trying to save his and Cloud's dignity – although he was fairly certain Cloud didn't even care anyway. "There were Wutai SOLDIERs too!"

"Oh, don't be stupid. Just accept that all you got to do was stand around all day and do nothing." Rex laughed. "Besides, you did get back before us."

"A whole day before, in fact," Cloud piped up. "We got back yesterday."

Rex grinned and turned away to hide it from Roy, but Roy had already seen. With a loud sigh, he grabbed Davis' arm and dragged him to the door.

"C'mon, I want to talk to you." he said.

"About your sister?" Rex asked cheekily.

"Someone punch his lights out!" Roy groaned as the door shut behind him and Davis.

"You must have only guarded a wall," Davis commented quietly as they walked down the corridor. "I mean, otherwise you wouldn't be so grouchy."

"How was I to know that going with Sephiroth meant we did less work?" Roy sighed. "Although it does make sense. I don't even see why we had to go with him anyway. He could've done it without us."

"Don't worry about it," Davis grinned, slinging an arm over Roy's shoulders. "But uh... you need to try being a little more subtle okay? Otherwise Rex and Cloud are gonna think I'm gay since you won't let me tell them you're actually a girl."

Kayli smiled in amusement and said, "Cloud already does."

"Think I'm gay?" Davis asked in horror.

"Yeah, he guessed that we're going out. Actually, all he asked me was why I didn't want anyone to know." Kayli shrugged.

"What did you say to him!?" Davis exclaimed, stepping away from Kayli and staring at her.

"Um. I asked where he got the idea that we were going out. At least, I said something along those lines. Don't worry, I pretended I didn't know what he was talking about." Kayli reassured him, but Davis wasn't very convinced and turned away from her with a loud sigh.

"If word gets back to Rex-"

"Davis, I really don't think you should be worrying about Rex. He's already made it his life goal to make our lives miserable." Kayli pointed out.

"He's just joking around." Davis shrugged.

"Exactly!" Kayli agreed.

They started walking again then and had just rounded a corner when they saw a flash of green and Roy yelled in terror, dashing behind Davis in an instant.

"You're back!" the owner of the flash of green said excitedly, talking to Davis.

"Uh, yeah, I am." Davis nodded. "I don't think we've been introduced before?"

"Sorry, my names Jinx." The green-haired boy stuck his hand out and Davis shook it firmly. "So how was your mission?"

"Fine. Yeah, fine." Davis said before frowning and glancing over his shoulder to look at Roy, who ducked.

"So what did you have to do?" Jinx asked, bouncing slightly on the balls of his feet. Davis half expected to see his Mohawk start flopping around, but it was too short to do that and he quickly focused on the boys face again.

"Occasionally fought some monsters, but Rex drooled over the female Turk that went with us. Honestly, he couldn't keep his eyes off her for two seconds!" Davis said, easily slipping into the comfortable conversation.

"Really? A Turk went with you? They're apparently really awesome!" Jinx said, smirking in such a way that gave off the feeling that he knew something he wasn't letting on.

"Yeah, she was pretty cool." Davis shrugged.

"If you ask me, I'd rather be a Turk than a SOLDIER." Jinx said, folding his arms and raising his eyes in a superior way.

"Why on earth would you rather that?" Roy suddenly exclaimed, stepping out from behind Davis to stare at Jinx like he'd grown another head.

"Simple, really," Jinx said flippantly. "Turks get the fun jobs."

"Like what? And didn't you hear? On Davis' mission a Turk and SOLDIER went together, so obviously their missions can't be too different." Roy argued.

"Ah, but you see, I have inside information." Jinx said in a mysterious whisper.

"Oh, yeah? Feel like sharing?" Davis asked with a grin.

"No way! My sources need their identities kept secret or they could be kicked out of ShinRa for good!" Jinx said defensively.

"Like I'll believe that." Davis laughed. "I bet you don't know any more than any of us."

"I do! I'm just not allowed to tell!" Jinx said stubbornly, pouting now.

"Come on," Roy said, tugging on Davis arm again. "This is a waste of time."

They turned and started walking the other way again, with Roy being very determined to get away from Jinx – the initiator of the attacks from everyone else, trying to get information about their mission.

"Fine."

Davis smiled and glanced at Roy, feeling smug about something. Probably the fact that Jinx had caved and decided to tell them his secret. At least, that's what Roy thought Jinx meant when he said 'fine'.

"Fine, what?" Davis asked teasingly.

"Fine I'll tell you. My cousin is a Turk and I get all my information from him." Jinx said with a sigh.

"Oh, so you're bias. Perfectly understandable then." Davis turned around to face him, still smiling.

"Whatever. Do you believe me now? You have to believe me." Jinx said. He had started bouncing on the balls of his feet again but it was only slight, so Roy guessed he must be doing it without even realising.

"What's his name?" Davis asked, folding his arms and thinking he'd have the boy now. If he hesitated before saying a name it meant he'd made it up on the spot.

"Reno." Jinx said instantly.

"Who's Reno?" Roy asked.

"He's my cousin!" Jinx said, exasperated. His bouncing increased to go along with his increasing frustration and Roy was actually amused by it for a few moments.

"I bet you made him up," Davis said. "Can you take us to meet him?"

"Uh, sure, but he's not very friendly to strangers." Jinx said slowly and warningly, his bouncing slowing down as well. Roy let out a giggle.

"Ah, ha ha!" Davis said loudly, looking over at Roy and giving him a look that plainly said what-are-you-doing-!?

"That wasn't funny." Jinx said bluntly.

"Yeah, I know. Roy's weird, that's all." Davis said, patting Roy on the back and trying not to snigger at the fact that his face was going bright red.

"Right..." Jinx said slowly. "Anyway, follow me and I'll lead you to my wonderful cousin."

Jinx spun around on the spot and began walking off, the bounce very evident in each of his steps. Roy shook his head in amusement before following with Davis walking along beside him.

They wandered through most of the building, so much in fact that Davis and Roy were certain Jinx had no idea where he was going, until finally he managed to lead them to the Turk level of the ShinRa building and grinned in triumph.

"Alright, just through here." he said, walking straight past some important looking Turks and going through a threatening-looking door.

"I don't trust it." Roy whispered.

"If we don't follow these people will probably kill us." Davis whispered back, gripping Roy's arm and practically dragging him after Jinx through the door.

What they were met with was quite an interesting scene. Jinx was being pressed up against a wall and had an Electro-Mag Rod held to his throat, whilst a Turk with bright red hair pulled back into a ponytail held him there with an incredibly angry expression on his face.

"I told you to quit following me around, yo!" the red-head yelled.

"They wanted to meet you!" Jinx replied meekly.

"Well I don't want to meet them! So get them out of here before I set my boss on all three of you, yo! Wouldn't want that, now, would you?" the red-head said, moving his eyebrows up and down quickly intimidatingly.

"Alright, we'll go!" Jinx whined, squirming to get free.

"I don't trust you, yo." the red-head murmured, narrowing his eyebrows then.

A door to the side of the room opened suddenly and Davis and Roy glanced over to see a dark-skinned man walk in and quickly assess the situation with his eyes before pulling the red-head away from Jinx by the ponytail.

"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!" the red-head exclaimed in a high-pitched voice. "Let go, Rude!"

"I had to stop you from hurting the Infantryman." the man called Rude said in a calm voice, letting go of the red-head's ponytail.

"Well, you stopped me! Congrats, yo!" the red-head snapped angrily, massaging his head.

"That's your cousin?" Davis asked, not being able to restrain himself. The red-head, Rude and Jinx all looked over at him.

"What?" the red-head, who Davis and Roy assumed was Reno, burst out.

"I told you he wasn't friendly to strangers!" Jinx said with an exaggerated shrug.

"You- you-" Reno's eyes were wide as he stared at Jinx in disbelief. "You told them I was your cousin?"

"What else was I supposed to say?" Jinx asked, narrowing his eyes.

"Maybe that you're an obsessed little kid who has been stalking me, yo?" Reno suggested sarcastically.

"I haven't been stalking you!" Jinx protested.

"Oh, of course not, yo. Following people around everywhere and finding out everything about them is not stalking. How silly of me, yo." Reno scoffed.

Jinx frowned but didn't say anything in reply to that outburst, choosing wisely to remain silent instead. Rude let out a sigh and folded his arms.

"You three should get back before someone gets you in trouble." he said.

"Let them get in trouble, I say!" Reno snapped. "This little twerp deserves it, and no doubt the other two do as well since they followed him-" Reno stopped as his eyes had wandered over to Davis and Roy as he spoke and he now stared silently at Roy.

"Uh, yeah, we really should go." Roy said, shifting awkwardly. As soon as he spoke, however, Reno's eyebrows shot up high. Roy felt like he was being studied and desperately wanted to get out of there quickly.

"You're-" Reno began, but Davis somehow managed to click in to what was happening and clapped his hands together.

"Right! We need to go!" he said loudly, turning and quickly heading for the door, pulling Roy with him.

Unfortunately, Reno had excellent reflexes and flung himself in-between them and the door, narrowing his eyes and holding his Electro-Mag Rod up threateningly.

"What's your name, grunt?" he demanded, his eyes boring into Roy's.

"R-Roy Peters." Roy squeaked out.

"Ha, what a laugh," Reno said. "What's your real name, yo?"

Roy's eyes widened and he glanced over at Davis in panic, wondering what he was going to do now that he had been found out.

"Um, you must be thinking about me," Davis piped up. "See, most people at ShinRa think my name is Taylor Davis, but I'm actually Davis Taison."

Reno looked over at him and tilted his head slightly. "You gave ShinRa a false name? No wonder you're both hanging out together."

"I don't know what you're talking about," Roy said suddenly and firmly. "But we need to get back, so if you'll excuse us." He then slipped past the red-head and managed to pull Davis along as well, disappearing through the door and heading to the elevator.

"Why do I get the feeling he knew immediately that you were a girl?" Davis asked quietly as the elevator doors opened and they stepped inside.

"Because he did. I don't know how, but he knew and he was prepared to tell everyone." Roy said. "I think we should tell Sephiroth."

"You can tell Sephiroth!" Davis said with a chuckle. "I'm not gonna risk getting yelled at for being out so late."

"Alright, fine, but I really don't think he'll yell at me." Roy shrugged.

"What makes you think he'll even care if someone else knows about you?" Davis asked curiously.

"I'm not sure, but I have to try." Roy stressed.

They were quiet for the rest of the elevator ride and Davis said goodbye to Roy as he left at the SOLDIER floor, going on his way to find General Sephiroth so that he could tell him about the incident that had just occurred.

Having been there quite a few times already, Roy had no trouble finding his way to the General's office and was soon knocking confidently on the door.

"Come in," came the General's voice and Roy did so, standing at attention once inside.

"Sir, I have something I wish to discuss with you." he said, short and to the point.

"You have my permission to explain." Sephiroth said, folding his arms on his desk and waiting patiently.

"Sir, I am almost certain that a Turk by the name of Reno knows of my true identity." Roy said swiftly, knowing not to skip around the subject because it would most probably make Sephiroth angry.

"Almost certain?" Sephiroth asked.

"He didn't actually say it, but he asked my name and asked for my real name when I said Roy Peters. He looked shocked to see me, as well." Roy explained quickly.

"What do you want me to do about it?" Sephiroth asked, leaning back in his chair.

Swallowing, Roy said, "I was wondering if you might be able to speak to him about it to make sure he doesn't tell anyone. I understand you have every right to refuse."

Sephiroth's mouth twitched and he leant forward again. "Luckily for you, I enjoy seeing how this plays out. If everyone finds out, where will be the fun in that? I'll talk to him, but I may have to alert a few other people to your identity as well. They will be sworn to secrecy."

"Thank you, Sir," Roy said, letting out a breath he didn't realise he'd been holding. "I am really thankful."

"You should get back to your room." Sephiroth said, shifting his attention away from the Infantryman and shutting off the conversation just like that. He reached for some papers and began reading through them, appearing completely absorbed in what he was doing.

Roy saluted and then turned and left the room, already out of earshot when Sephiroth put the papers down and reached for the phone.

"I'd like to speak to Zack Fair."